> It doesn't matter whether wire strings could have been made a thousand years > ago, or two or three thousand. It doesn't matter whether the lute came from > the hunter's bowstring in his cave by stopping the string, or if that was > the harp by adding more strings to the bow and becoming a "pure musician", > to be supported for his aesthetic value by the real hunters who got the > game. > > Actually none of what you say matters, history isn't a perfect document, and > as I said in another message it isn't always linear. I think we can both
> I feel a bit out of my own depth as a newcomer to the lute. I feel that I > should be careful in what I say Should we hold our breath??? > I believe I know you sir, I've known many of you over the years. A lack of > imagination, and an antagonism to imagination. A fixation on a particular > skill, perhaps born of imagined deprivation. Sigh........ > You, sir, are the titan of lute > music, I accept that. I thank you, even without deserving the honor. > You have defined yourself as such. Now just let the > rest of us enjoy the dialogue of learning among ourselves - we are not so > perfect on lute music, but we may have some other virtues. It is just not possible to have a dialog with large quantity of blarney. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
